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Media Releases

| Athletics

The UPEI Hockey, Basketball and Track and Field Panthers are looking forward to a week of competition at home and away.

| University

Each year at UPEI, approximately 150 residence students remain on campus during the break between first semester exams and early January when students return to classes for the second semester. This year, the UPEI International Student Office, in cooperation with Student Affairs staff, Campus Life Advisors, Residence Life, and the UPEI Alumni Association, supported and organized some activities for these students during the break, providing a sense of community and connection.

| Athletics

Every week, UPEI Athletics and Recreation recognizes student-athletes for their achievements and contributions to their respective sports. The UPEI Panther Athletes of the Week for January 27 to February 2, 2025, are Alaere Peterside (women’s track and field) and Jakob Robillard (men’s hockey).

| Community

UPEI will celebrate Black History Month 2025 with a variety of events, and activities, including the raising of the Pan-African flag at the flag plaza near Kelley Memorial Building on Monday, February 3, at 11:30 am.

| University

The second in the series of President's town halls in the winter semester will be held on Thursday, February 6, 2025, and will provide opportunities to share examples of success, what we are proud of at UPEI—and to shine some light! 

| Atlantic Veterinary College

If you’ve passed by the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) sign recently, you may have noticed a few unexpected visitors—a herd of elephants sculpted entirely from snow. 

| Academics

Dr. Edward MacDonald, professor emeritus of history, has been awarded a $7,000 SSHRC Exchange Publication Award for his book The Geography of Home: Poems from a Lost Time.

| Events

A public forum titled “The Future of Professional Journalism and Public Broadcasting” will take place in the UPEI Performing Arts Centre Amphitheatre (121S) on Wednesday, February 5, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. 

| Athletics

The UPEI Hockey, Basketball, and Track and Field Panthers are looking forward to a week of competition at home and away. 

| Research

The UPEI Office of Research Services will host a Research Breakfast on Thursday, February 6, from 7:30 to 9:00 am in McMillan Hall, W.A. Murphy Student Centre, on campus.